On
Friday 23 December 2011, HM King Mohammed VI, Supreme Commander and
Chief of Staff of the Royal Armed Forces, officially commissioned the
SIGMA 10513 Frigate ‘Tarik Ben Ziyad’ for the Moroccan Royal
Navy. The 105 meter long SIGMA Frigate, built by Damen Schelde Naval
Shipbuilding, was transferred to the Moroccan Royal Navy in September
2011.

Morocco ordered two SIGMA 9813 and one larger SIGMA 10514 from DAMEN
in February 2008. The three SIGMA-class frigates for the Royal Moroccan
Navy have been designed according to Schelde Naval Shipbuilding's revolutionary
SIGMA-approach (Ship Integrated Geometrical Modularity Approach) and
are a further development of the SIGMA-corvettes for the Indonesian
Navy. The SIGMA approach applies modularity in many areas.

The Royal Moroccan Navy SIGMA Class frigates are equipped to conduct
the traditional naval tasks as well as maritime security operations.
The vessels are also suited to support humanitarian aid operations.

Variants

-
SIGMA__9113: SIGMA class Corvette
displacing 1,700 tonnes for 90 meters in length. Four vessels in use
with the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL).
- SIGMA__9813:
SIGMA class Frigate displacing 1,950 tonnes for 98 meters in length.
Two vessels in use with the Royal Morrocan Navy.
- SIGMA
10514: SIGMA class Frigate displacing 2,365
tonnes for 105 meters in length. One vessel in use with the Indonesian
Navy (TNI-AL).